Topic > Friendship Encounters During the Lost Generation

A moveable feast begins in Paris. Hemingway talks about seeing and meeting friends everywhere. By reading this book, readers can see that friendship means a lot to Hemingway. While in Paris Hemingway meets many people such as Ezra Pound, Ford Madox Ford, Gertrude Stein, F.Scott Fitzgerld, Sylvia Beach and many others. Hemingway didn't have any friends who were difficult for me. I think Hemingway had more respect for Gertrude Stein, reading the book it seemed like they had a close bond, we read in the story “They seemed to like us too and treated us as if we were very good” (Pg 22). Hemingway thinking back to when he meets Miss Stein, tells readers “I can't remember whether she was walking her dog or not, nor whether she had a dog. It was obvious in the story that their friendship was valued and they were close. Hemingway is comfortable enough to talk to Miss Stein about his reading and she gives him her honest opinion about writers. This made Hemingway admire Miss Stein for her maturity and her writings. Another person Hemingway met was Sylvia Beach, ...